Study Scheme 2018
(Updated in 2023)
O1-FUNDAMENTALS OF FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
OPERATIONAL LEVEL-1
INTRODUCTION
This course basically deals with the Fundamentals of
Financial Accounting. The students are expected to learn
an understanding of accounting concepts, principles,
procedures and systems for preparation of financial
statements, accounting treatment of current assets and
liabilities, tangible and intangible assets. Students should
become adept at classifying problems, situations and
applying the required accounting principles.
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OBJECTIVE
To provide the students with an applied knowledge of
basic and most fundamental principles and concepts of
accounting, and preparing financial statements
accordingly
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LEARNING OUTCOMES
On completion of this course, students will be able to:
 Understand the need for accounting records;
 Apprehend the fundamental accounting principles
and concept;
 Differentiate between financial and management
accounting;
 Prepare cash book, bank accounts and petty cash book
statements under an imprest system;
 Perform the system of double-entry bookkeeping;
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Prepare ledger accounts, journal entries and a trail
balance;
Understand tangible and intangible assets;
Use different methods of calculating depreciation;
Prepare accounts for bad debts and allowance for
receivables;
Records provision and contingencies;
Compute inventory by using different valuation
methods for preparing inventories ‘accounts;
Prepare accounts for sales taxes and payroll;
Prepare accounts for bank reconciliation statements;
Prepare accounts for sales and purchases, including
personal accounts and control accounts;
Understand the types/ nature of errors and its
rectification
Prepare financial statements from trial balance;
Prepare manufacturing accounts;
Prepare and present the financial statements from
incomplete records
Prepare and present the receipts and payments and
income and expenditure accounts
Prepare a statement of cash flows;
Prepare final accounts in accordance with IAS and
IFRS;
Calculate basic financial ratios.
INDICATIVE GRID
PART
SYLLABUS CONTENT AREA
WEIGHTAGE
A
CONCEPTUAL, SYSTEM AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
1.
Accounting Nature and Objectives
2.
Introduction to Financial Accounting
3.
Accounting Regulatory Framework
4.
Accounting Concepts and Conventions
10%
B
ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS AND ACCOUNTS PREPARATION
5.
Source Documents and Books
6.
Double Entry and Ledger accounting
7.
Trial balance and financial statements
8.
Accruals and prepayments
9.
Tangible non-current assets
10. Intangible non-current assets
11. Bad debts and allowances for receivables
12. Provisions and Contingencies
13. Accounting for Inventories
14. Accounting for Sales Tax and Payroll
15. Bank Reconciliation’s
16. Control accounts
17. Correction of Errors
50%
FINAL ACCOUNTS
18. Sole traders' accounts
19. Incomplete records
C
40%
20. Income and expenditure accounts
21. Statements of cash flows
22. Financial Ratios
TOTAL
100%
Note: The weightage shown against each section indicates, study time required for the topics in that section. This weightage
does not necessarily specify the number of marks to be allocated to that section in the examination.
DETAILED CONTENTS
PART - A
CONCEPTUAL, SYSTEM AND REGULATORY
FRAMEWORK
1.
 Difference between financial accounting and cost
and management accounting
2.
Accounting Nature and Objectives
 Financial Accounting definition & objectives,
 Cost Accounting definition & Objectives
 Management Accounting definition & Objectives
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Introduction to Financial Accounting
 Explain the meaning and identify the examples of
the following terms
 Capital
 Assets
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 Liabilities
 Expenditures (Capital & Revenue)
 Revenue
 Accounting Equation
 Understand and explain the accounting equation
3.
4.
Accounting Regulatory Framework
 Define Company Law
 Define types of companies as per Company Laws
i.e., private and public limited, listed and nonlisted companies etc. Guarantee limited
company, single Member Company
 IAS, IFRS
 Define IAS/ IFRS and its role
 Explain purpose of implementation company
laws, IAS, IFRS in Financial reporting
 Accounting bodies
 Identify and understand the role of regulatory
bodies i. e, IFRS Foundation (IFRSF), the
International Accounting Standards Board
(IASB), the IFRS Advisory Council (IFRS AC) and
the IFRS Interpretations Committee (IFRS IC)
Accounting Concepts and Conventions
 Accounting Concepts & Principles (Going
Concern, Accruals, Prudence, Consistency,
Materiality, Substance over form, Business
Entity, Money Measurement)
 Cost and Values (Historical Cost Convention,
Theory of Capital Maintenance, Current
Purchasing Power Accounting, Current Cost
Accounting, Fair Value, Value to the business)
PART - B
ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS AND ACCOUNTS PREPARATION
5.
Source Documents and Books
 Identify various Source Documents (Sale &
Purchase Order, Credit & Debit Note, GRN) and
explain its purpose
 Books (Sale day book, Purchase day book, Sales
Return day book, Purchase Return day book,
Cash book, Petty Cash book)
 Concepts and layout
 Recording of transaction in books and posting
the item in the ledger accounts.
6.
Double Entry and Ledger Accounting
 Principles of double entry bookkeeping
 Journal
 Nominal Ledger
 Posting from day book to nominal ledger and
balance off ledger account
 Sales and Purchase accounts, including personal
accounts and Control accounts
7.
Trial balance and financial statements
 Trial Balance
o Need and objective of trial balance
o Preparing of trial balance
o Need and recording of adjustments
o Preparing of Adjusted trial balance
 Income Statement, Balance Sheet/Statement of
Financial Position
o Preparation of basic layout off financial
statement and illustrate some examples of
financial statements
 Accounts Coding System-Define chart of accounts
8.
Accruals and prepayments
 Accruals and Prepayments
o Prepare journal and adjusting entries of
accruals and prepayments
o Explain the matching concept with related
to accruals and prepayments
o How the amount of accruals and
prepayments are depicted in financial
statements?
9.
Tangible non-current assets
 Depreciation
o Purpose of charging depreciation
o Methods of calculating depreciation
(Straight line, reducing balance and sum of
year’s digit)
o Compute depreciation where any changes
are made in estimated life and value of
assets
 Accounting treatment of the following:
o Re-valuation of non-current assets
(Reversal of revaluation is excluded)
o Non-current asset disposal
o Non-current asset register
10. Intangible non-current assets
 Accounting treatment of Intangible Assets
 Research and Development Cost
o Define research and development cost
o Identify the treatment of research and
development cost
11. Bad debts and allowances for receivables
 Sales and Accounting Concepts
 Concept of debtor’s age analysis
 Bad and Doubtful Debts
o Nature and purpose of bad and doubtful
debts
o General entries and aging analysis
 Bad Debts Recovered
12. Provisions and Contingencies
 Categorization of liabilities (current and noncurrent liabilities)
 Cash and Credit Purchases
 Define, differentiate and classify Provisions,
Contingent liabilities and Assets
13. Accounting for Inventories
 What is inventory or stock?
 Its types; Raw Materials, Work in progress,
Finished goods
 Valuation of inventory as per IAS 2
 Lower of cost or NRV
 Valuation of Cost of sales and closing stock under
FIFO, LIFO and AVCO (Both periodic and
perpetual)
 Stock and Work -in-progress
 Accounting for Stocks - closing stock
 Ledger Accounts for stock
 Physical Count
 Impact of inventory on Statement of Profit or
Loss and Statement of Financial Positions from
Trial Balance
14. Accounting for Sales Tax and Payroll
 Principles of Sales Tax (input tax, output tax and
net tax)
 Bookkeeping Entries for Sales Tax
 Basic concepts of Gross wages, deductions and
net wages
 Accounting entries of Wages from the
Employee's Viewpoint
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15. Bank Reconciliation’s
 Concept of Cash book, single column, double
column and triple column cash book
 Understanding of Bank statement and basic
concepts
 Reasons of differences between cash book
balance and bank statement balance
 Identifying differences in balances by ticking
 Preparation of revised cash book
 Preparation of bank reconciliation statement
 Concept of which balance to be shown in
statement of financial position
16. Control accounts
 ledger Accounts and the Division of the ledger
Understanding of Control Accounts
 Use of Control Accounts
 Purchase and Sale Day Books (Define and
recording of transaction)
 Control Accounts Reconciliation
17. Correction of Errors
 Types of Errors
 Suspense Accounts
 Correcting Entries
 Impact of correction of errors on financial
statements
PART - C
FINAL ACCOUNTS
18. Sole traders' accounts
 Chart of Accounts
 Preparation of Financial Statements
19. Incomplete records
 Incomplete Records: Basic Approach
 Cash and Bank Transactions
 Using Ratios and Percentages (Find out missing
figures by using profit percentages)
 Preparation of Financial Statements
20. Income and expenditure accounts
 Format of Income and Expenditure Accounts
 Preparation of Income and Expenditure Accounts
 Special Funds (Define Special funds i.e., capital
fund, donation, annual subscription, life
membership fees)
 Preparation of Financial Statements
 Interpretation of Accounts
21. Statements of cash flows
 Format of a Statement of Cash Flows
 Preparation of a statement of Cash Flows by
Direct and Indirect Method
 Uses of Statement of Cash Flows
22. Financial Ratios
 Analysis of Accounting Statements and Use of
Ratios
 Liquidity, Working Capital and Solvency Ratios
 Financial Gearing
 Investor Ratios
 Possible Drawbacks of Ratio Analysis
 Appraising the Position and Prospects of a
Business
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